Costa Rica: Country Insights

The United States is Costa Rica’s main trading partner, accounting for about 40% of Costa Rica’s total imports. Prior to the global economic crisis, Costa Rica enjoyed stable economic growth. The economy contracted 1.3% in 2009 but resumed growth at about 4.5% per year in 2010-12.

Costa Rica climbed from 109th to 102nd in the “Doing Business 2014” report issued by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank, which assesses progress made against excessive bureaucracy in doing business. Costa Rica's major economic resources are its fertile land and frequent rainfall, its well-educated population, and its location in the Central American isthmus, which provides easy access to North and South American markets and direct ocean access to the European and Asian continents.

MBDA has global business development experts throughout our national network of business centers, anchored by an MBDA Global Business Center located in San Antonio, Texas. The MBDA Global Business Center conducts international capabilities assessments, identifies international opportunities, assists with global matchmaking in certain markets, and helps conduct market identification and research.

If you want to learn about global business, and believe your product or service can be sold abroad, your first stop should be an MBDA Business Center. Contact David Leister, Project Manager of the MBDA Global Business Center at dleister@sanantoniombdacenter.comor 210-458-2480.